My Mounted games poster

Future Focused Learning

Purpose: To inform our Ministry of Education, that future focused learning has made a big difference to how we learn which has helped us to achieve in our learning.

WALT: write an annotated report about the learning that took place in my classroom and how the learning helped me to become a successful student.

Presenting: you are to video yourself presenting your report and post it onto your blog.

This is my mind map

This is my portrait photo

Am I working towards my reading goals?

My teacher is analysing my reading fluency today and this is what she said.

"I definitely think you are working towards your reading goals and it sounds to me that you are practising at home. Well done Myra-Lee.
I can see that you are using the F.U.N = Fluency, Understanding and Native Image. You sound really confident as you are reading to 'all' punctuation marks.
I love the way you are looking towards the camera. To me it tells me you to engage your audience. He tino rawe!
Ka nui te pai to korero pukapuka."

Miss Simeon.

A Brief Analysis of my Reading.

Reading Analysis

WALT: Make a snap shot of my reading ability using National standards learning progressions.

This week we videoed ourselves reading an extract from bridge to Terabithia. we had to watch ourselves and notice what challenges we faced when reading at 13-14 years. We had to choose 4 challenges that stood out the most. Then we had to think how we were going to make changes to our reading,by setting goals.

The Challenges I Face In Reading Are:

• Reading like a Robot.   
• Not speaking clearly when I read out aloud.
• Having difficulty when decoding harder vocabulary.       
• Not looking at the camera/audience.

The Goals that I will Focus On In Term 4,So To Help Me Become A

better Reading Reader Are:

• Look at the camera/audience.       
• Read clearly and out aloud.           
• Pronounce all the words properly.
• Practice reading at home.  

Tautoro School - Tuakana Group 2014

Walking Maunga Tauanui

Climbing Tauanui

Oh my gosh! That hill is HUGE.  I begin walking up the steep slope, my legs are already wiggling like a jellyfish and i’ve only just started.  My legs are aching, my mouth is dry as I swallow and my heart feels like the wheels of a train zooming along the railroad tracks fast and unstoppable.  I want to stop, I’m going to stop!  I grasp onto the fence like my life depends on it and take a deep breath in and out, in and out.  Maunga Tauanui is steep, and this slope feels never ending.  Step by step I focus on putting one foot in front of the other.  I’m trying to ignore the burning pain in my calves but it’s hard and i’m getting tired.  I can feel sweat slowly dribble down my back and face like dew on a window.  I breathe in and out.  Everything hurts - my legs, my back, my heart and lungs even my arms feel heavy and the wind isn’t helping.  It feels like it’s pushing me back down the maunga.  

It’s not until I approach the bend, I welcome the cool crisp breeze  and take in the beautiful sight of Roto Kereru.  It’s waters seem cold and freezing but as I look closer there’s so much beauty.  The water is glistening and sparkling like diamonds. I wish I could stay here forever, even dip my toes in its freshness but I have to keep climbing.

Heart pounding, legs screaming, back aching and lungs burning I just want to sit down and stay where I am….halfway between Lake Kereru and the top.  I feel parched and reach for my water bottle in my bag.  Maybe that will give me some energy?

When I got up  by the Crater I looked down with my eyes open wide and I couldn't believe how steep down it was and how gigantic and wide.

Then i got up to the top I  felt the beauty wind and seen  the stunning view and then i drop to the ground because I was so tired i didn’t want to leave.  

….THE END….   

 

Thank You from Tautoro School.

Dear Kids Can,

Thank you for your amazing help by sending us some warm clothing, shoes, tissues, weetbix, hand sanitizer and scoggin. I would like to say that we are really thankful that your organization donated us some lovely things for our students at Tautoro school.

All our kids at Tautoro School loves what you're doing so that we can be healthy and warm. I really appreciate what you have done for our school. and we do use all the things that you give us. We eat all of the scoggin in our class, our little kids wear their shoes and warm clothing. After we get off the bus we run to get some weetbix and we use our hand sanitizer when our hands are dirty.

So for the last time; Kids Can, thank you, thank you, we are really happy.

Dear Heller’s NZ Butchers,

Thank you for donating Tautoro School 500 sausages. We have used these sausages for many things like our Whanau Day and for other events where we have to fundraise. Our kids at Tautoro School think your sausages are  lovely and really tasty.

Your company are really amazing and generous for doing this for us and the sausages were scrumptious, especially with a lovely white piece of bread and onions with  sauce dripped over it. Yummy!

Your company makes me feel hungry right now, as I have been looking at your pictures on your website. So once again, thank you so much.

My Future Dreams

Careers

G.A.F.E

Annotated reflection

WALT: write an annotated reflection showing judgment, opinion

analysis.

SC:

1. Use past  verbs that show mental processes i.e think,wondered

guessed.

2. Use the Help/Hindered box to structure your writing.

3. Must inform the audience how you improve or did not improve.

4. Must provide examples and explanation on why you became a better

writer or not.

My Writing I Made in Term 2.

In my writing I have seen a lot of progress. Since the beginning of the year I only was writing about three lines but now I can write over 1,000. I am always excited to write a story when I get to school I have gone along way with my progress of writing and I am so  happy that I can muster my ideas, write my story so I can put it on the blog for the world to see.  I have also noticed that when I start writing I’m really hooked into it and my eyes never wander off the screen.

Before the chromebook, I was making a lot of spelling mistakes and my writing never made sense. My hands were getting sore, I had messy work, I was getting tired of erasing out every time I made a mistake and you could even see the mistake when you're writing over it again. Now I think I have really good typing skills and my work is always neat. This is one reason why I have made progress in my writing.

The best thing about narrative writing is, you can make up anything and you can even choose your own characters for your story. But I still need more help on my story’s when I proofread. I use the Read & Write app. When I finish my story I don't need to read over it again and again, we have an American lady read to us and it really helps me a lot because I can hear where my mistakes are.

I have noticed that my typing is improving compared to the beginning months of this year because I’m coming more and more Faster. I love chromebooks because you don’t need to spend time erasing out and getting sore hands from writing with a pencil.

I have learnt to become a better learner on the chromebooks and because of this I want to share the chromebooks to the world. Now that I have a chromebook, I am not worried about my presentation, spelling and proofreading and because of this I have become a confident writer.

Bullying Should Be Reported

Fracture Fairytale,

Little Green Sylvah

In a small town called Kai Kohekohe, there lived a girl named Little Green Sylvah and her mother Chosen.  Chosen asked Little Green Sylvah to go pick some flowers for her nana and bake a cake as Nana was very sick.  

Little Green Sylvah set of to visit her sick Nana with goodies, she put on her green cloak and her green boots.

As she set off, her mother told her not to talk to strangers.

Little Green Sylvah decided to walk through the forest because it was a short-cut. She heard a churp, it was a wolf.

He said to “Little Green Sylvah , Where are you going little girl?”

Little Green Sylvah said, “To my Nan’s house.”

“Where does your Nan live?”

“Down William's Avenue.” replied Little Green Sylvah.  

“What number?” asked the wolf.

“15,” Little Green Sylvah was so talkative that she forgot her mother’s warning, not to talk to strangers.

So the Big Bad Wolf decided to visit Nan and he took a shot cut.

When he finally got to the house of Nana Ngarangi, he crept inside and caught Nana Ngarangi. Then the wolf wrapped Nan up in a blanket and put her in the closet and then the wolf jumped into Nan’s bed.

When Little Green Sylvah finally arrived at Nan’s house she went in and she saw her nana lying ill in her bed.  She said to her Nan (who really was the wolf)

“Nana I brought you some flowers, made your favorite cake and made you a flask of hot coffee, just like you like it”.

As she went to go and kiss her Nana, the wolf suddenly jumped out of the bed.

“You!!! What are you doing? Where’s my nana?” screamed Little Green Sylvah.

The wolf replied, “Shosh little girl, your nana is somewhere you will never find her.” Then the wolf grabbed her and shoved her in the closet.

The police heard a noise as he was walking past Nan’s house. so he ran quickly into her house, as fast as a cheetah. He saw the Big Bad Wolf and said, “What are you doing with that little girl?”

“She’s my soup.” replied the Big Bad Wolf.

So the policeman had no choice but pull out his gun and aim it straight at the wolf.

The wolf saw the gun and bravely said, “hahahaha! I dare you to shoot me.”

The policeman replied “OK then.” and he shot him.

The policeman untied Little Green Sylvah and they both found Nana  who was shoved in the closet.

Nana  looked at the basket of food that was tossed around in the house, so she decided to take Little Green Sylvah and the policeman to McDonalds.

….The end….  

Kapa Haka Goals 2014